Man Enters Plea In Child Sex Case

June 24, 2005

SUFFOLK — A 38-year-old former Suffolk man pleaded not guilty Thursday to 214 charges of child pornography and six charges of taking indecent liberties with a minor.

James Edward Haidle of Chesapeake is scheduled to stand trial Sept. 22 in Suffolk Circuit Court. Haidle, who's in Western Tidewater Regional Jail in Suffolk, was arrested in May and charged with one count for each picture of child pornography that police collected.

The charges each carry a sentence of as many as 10 years in prison.

Haidle also faces a jury trial in July in Chesapeake for two counts each of carnal knowledge of a minor and indecent liberties with a minor. *